{"product_id":"a-little-spark-paperback","title":"A Little Spark - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Jonsberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the multi-award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Song Only I Can Hear \u003c\/i\u003ecomes another Children's Book Council of Australia Notable middle fiction novel that is warm, upbeat, intriguing and wholly absorbing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOTABLE BOOK: 2023 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED: 2023 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI don't tell Mum and Sam anything about my weekends with Dad. It would be giving them tickets into that world. The world Dad and I have created. And I don't want to do that. It's ours. It's all we have. It's all we've been allowed since my parents got divorced.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cate gets to spend every second weekend with her dad, and each time something special and surprising happens. Something that fires the creative spark that Cate channels into her writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And everything is fine until Cate's stepdad, Sam, gets offered his dream job in London and her mum decides they are going to move to England with him... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cate must decide what she wants for herself. She loves both her parents - but she must choose between them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A warm and funny novel full of unexpected twists and turns, joy and heartbreak.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Jonsberg\u003c\/b\u003e has won numerous awards for his books, both nationally and internationally. He has been published in eighteen countries and translated into many languages. His novel\u003ci\u003e My Life As An Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e was the basis of the award-winning 2019 film \u003ci\u003eH is For Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e. The same production company is now working on television and film adaptations of his last two novels, \u003ci\u003eA Song Only I Can Hear\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCatch Me If I Fall\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Barry lives in Darwin, in the Top End of Australia, with his wife Anita and his crazy dog, Zorro.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 18, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726273777727,"sku":"9781760526924","price":14.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1c5d9dd7c8b79bf5d26221c6cd88e9a5.webp?v=1765109977","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-little-spark-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}